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S.A’s Business leaders have written to the ANC’s top six

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Rwanda’s airline to start flights to London

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Expectations Gordhan will go leave South African markets on edge

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S.A’s Business leaders have written to the ANC’s top six

Rwanda’s airline to start flights to London

Expectations Gordhan will go leave South African markets on edge

Families in drought-stricken Somaliland survive on black tea

Slow carbon credit sales hinder Zimbabwe forest protection

Ivory Coast’s former first lady cleared of war crimes charges

Barclays in talks to sell Zimbabwe bank

Kenya’s conundrum: Can it ensure national security while still admitting refugees?

“I’m here, I’m still finance minister” – SA FinMin Gordhan

Plane crash kills six people in eastern Zimbabwe

Financial

Expectations Gordhan will go leave South African markets on edge

President Zuma meets with cabinet amid reshuffle speculation

S.A’s Business leaders have written to the ANC’s top six

Cape Town water crisis deepens

UK officially launches Brexit process

Bank of Kigali launches IT solutions subsidiary

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Nigeria’s SunTrust Bank reports full-year profit of N212mn

Southern Africa

S.A’s Business leaders have written to the ANC’s top six

Expectations Gordhan will go leave South African markets on edge

Slow carbon credit sales hinder Zimbabwe forest protection

Barclays in talks to sell Zimbabwe bank

“I’m here, I’m still finance minister” – SA FinMin Gordhan

Plane crash kills six people in eastern Zimbabwe

East Africa

Rwanda’s airline to start flights to London

Families in drought-stricken Somaliland survive on black tea

Kenya’s conundrum: Can it ensure national security while still admitting refugees?

African Development Week: Country profiles to inform high level decision-making

Tanzanian frees musician arrested for mocking the government

Africa Development Week: AIMEC, a platform for inclusive business in Africa will address inequality

West Africa

Ivory Coast’s former first lady cleared of war crimes charges

Ghana central bank slashes benchmark interest rate

African Development Week: Country profiles to inform high level decision-making

Pressure grows on Nigeria’s central bank governor

Africa Development Week: AIMEC, a platform for inclusive business in Africa will address inequality

Ivory Coast rescinds port security measures, attack threat unfounded

Financial

S.A’s Business leaders have written to the ANC’s top six

Rwanda’s airline to start flights to London

Expectations Gordhan will go leave South African markets on edge

Slow carbon credit sales hinder Zimbabwe forest protection

Barclays in talks to sell Zimbabwe bank

“I’m here, I’m still finance minister” – SA FinMin Gordhan

Mining & Resources

Brazil’s Vale sells stake in Moatize coal mine to Mitsui

Libya’s National Oil Corp warns of new attempt at independent oil sales

Oil could collapse into the $30s if OPEC doesn’t keep its act together

Bad weather slows fuel cargo docking in Angola

Nigeria’s government revenues fall in February due to lower oil prices

Nigeria orders developers in Niger Delta to resume work within 30 days

Special Reports

Families in drought-stricken Somaliland survive on black tea

African Development Week: Country profiles to inform high level decision-making

The world remembers Ahmed Kathrada

S.A’s struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada: The gentle soul has died

Africa Development Week: AIMEC, a platform for inclusive business in Africa will address inequality

Libya’s National Oil Corp warns of new attempt at independent oil sales

International

Denuclearization a pipe dream? UN holds talks to ban nukes, but major powers don’t show up

A stock market drop is coming, but don’t blame Trump’s health care bill setback: Raymond James

Oil could collapse into the $30s if OPEC doesn’t keep its act together

UK police make seven arrests in raids linked to investigation into attack on Parliament

Uganda says seeking $500 mn loan from China for roads

South Africa suspends some meat imports from Brazil

Technology

Rwanda’s airline to start flights to London

Denuclearization a pipe dream? UN holds talks to ban nukes, but major powers don’t show up

Elon Musk slams Donald Trump’s NASA bill saying it does nothing to help mission to Mars

You can now buy Kenyan government bonds on your phone

As anger grows against Uber in Africa this is how S.A and Kenya are responding to it

Earnings

South Africa’s Capitec FY profit up as client numbers climb

South African insurer Sanlam posts 6 pct fall in FY profit

South Africa’s Aspen posts 6 pct rise in H1 profit

South Africa’s FirstRand H1 profit up on auto finance boost

Nigeria

Nigeria’s SunTrust Bank reports full-year profit of N212mn

Why intellectual property matters in Nigeria’s creative industry

Private equity investors warm up to West Africa

Nigeria plans to improve business environment

Naira continues rally against dollar at parallel market

Combating inequality and unemployment in Africa

Insights

If billionaire Richard Branson were 20 again

Energy, Environment & Climate Change

These 10 countries are best at providing affordable and sustainable energy, pity none are in Africa

Now in its fifth year, the World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) ranks the performance of countries’ energy systems, as well as looking at trends in the global energy transition.

Stop talking about climate action in Africa and start doing something

Just a few weeks after the Paris Climate Change Agreement officially came into force, the latest analysis concluded that even if it is fully implemented, we are heading for a 2.9°C- 3.4°C increase in warming.

This is why we need to save Africa’s forests

Tropical forests are essential for sustainable growth in Africa. They also have economic, environmental, and social implications that extend far beyond the continent.

Africa’s poorest people need access to clean energy. How can we get it to them?

How exactly can we get clean energy products to the Bottom of the Pyramid?

The impact of global warming on African cities

Joining CNBC Africa to focus on the implications of sea level rise for African cities is Dr Ben Strauss, Vice President Sea Level and Climate Impacts at Climate Central.

Op-Ed: Budget 2017/18 – "The Great Pretenders?"

South Africa’s AIDS death rate has declined from just below 50% to 28% today. But there are still 150 000 AIDS related deaths per annum.

S.A: Beyond the 2017 Budget

Everyone has had time to digest how the R28 billion increase in the tax burden that largely falls on individuals will impact us.

Budget speech winner Xolani Mazomba

Old Mutual and Nedbank announced the winners of their annual Budget Speech Competition this week. The competition encourages innovative thinking in graduates from economics and finance backgrounds and gets them…

Youth’s reaction to S.A’s Budget 2017

The youth’s voice is one of the most important – out of this generation will come South Africa’s future leaders. That is why in this panel we get their reaction to Budget 2017. Moses Ntimane, Deputy President General, ISRC, Tshwane University of Technology, Lindokuhle Ntumba, Social Development and Fundraising Officer, WITS, SRC and Wadzanai Mazhetese, National Postgraduate Studies Officer: NSRC, UNISA join CNBC Africa for more.

S.A's Budget 2017 makes retirement funds attractive

The increase in personal taxes places greater pressure on consumers and their ability to save, while making retirement funds more attractive

Socio-Political Analysis of Budget of S.A’s Budget 2017

While Eskom’s former CEO Brian Molefe was sworn in as an MP, South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered his Budget Speech 2017. CNBC Africa’s Nozipho Mbanjwa spoke to Dr Ivor Sarakinsky from Wits School of Governance and David Monyae, Co-Director, UJ Confucius Institute to look at the social and political undertones of Budget 2017.